Portsmouth ..places to go, train stations, general info

No, i dont work for the Portsmouth Tourist office, but just trying to help share info re a place that i lived and worked in for 7 years(and i have a soft spot for tbh)...

Portsmouth Fratton Park

Nearest Station : Fratton – about a 10 min walk from there –turn left at top of stairs and follow the crowds.

Parking: lots of street parking around the ground but they are tight roads with Victorian housing with no garages so consequently not a lot of space to park.
If you go on to the Harbour (about 2 miles) there is plenty of parking because of off street parking , dealing with Tourists, and get train back to Fratton from Portsmouth Harbour.


Boozers:
Bit sparse around ground but lots in Albert Road, Southsea – but will need to get taxi back to ground from there which might be a bit tough based on the game (or long walk). Albert Road has loads of boozas and eateries,
Currys etc. but not a lot else.Generally full of students.Just good for a pub crawl really
My choice would be to go 2 further stops on to Portsmouth Harbour (end of the line), and then go into new(ish) Outlet Shoping centre called Gunwharf Quays which is next door to Portsmouth Harbour Station.
GW has a fabulous outlook over the Harbour to IOW.
Pubs...
Slug and Lettuce
The Customs House
Bar 38
All Bar One
Bar Risa
Still and West (around the corner from GW)
Spice Island Inn (also around the corner) famous for being Nelsons departure point for Trafalgar and also Walter Raleighs first landing with Spices and also Tobacco I think.
Both the S&W and Spice Island have nice outlooks onto the Harbour
There are also the usual high street food offerings in GW such as Nandos,Pizza Express,Zizzis, Burger King, etc etc. plus outlet shopping if you're bringing the missus - my faves are Oakley and Timberland where they tend
to sell old models at half price.



Other things to see , for those intending to make a weekend of it… - and Portsmouth is worth a weekend !

HMS Victory – easy walk from GW
HMS Warrior – right outside PMH
No 36 Cinema in the Dockyard (largest screen on South Coast)
You can buy a day ticket where you can go around all the attractions the Dockyard has – such as The Mary Rose and Harbour Boat tour.

Gosport:
Gosport is a 2 min ferry ride across the Harbour from PMH (every 8 mins) where there is:....
Submarine Museum – including HMS Alliance WW2 sub that you can walk around.
Explosion museum showing armaments from the various times of warfare involving Portsmouth.
Gosport also has Haslar Creek, which is where the saying ‘up the creek without a paddle’ comes from , in that wounded or sick soldiers came back on the boats to Haslar Hospital, and were ferried up the creek on small boats,
but generally never came back

Pubs – Castle tavern – 100 yards from ferry exit on right (100 yards) – fantastic home made food – recommend the pies ( I know, I used to live next door).
The Boathouse – walk a further 5 mins through a car park to TB which looks out onto Gosport Marina-lovely and serene.

Outside of Portsmouth…

Port Solent (about 5 miles from Pompey)– one of my favourite places – man made Marina surrounded by houses on one side and pubs (Wetherspoons (a good one)) and restaurants on the other side. All looking out onto the Yachts
moored in the Marina.